“Because I’m Alive”: Minnelli’s A Matter of Time

Vincente Minnelli disowned his last movie, A Matter of Time (1976), when it was taken away from him by its producers, American International Pictures, and after its initial release it pretty much disappeared from view. Tonight, BAM is showing this nearly lost film as part of Elliott Stein

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The scene where Liza sings "Do It Again" is really quite teriffic. At the time of its release, while acknowledging the fac that it was made amess of by studio recutting, Pauline Kael wrote a highly favorable review of it. She found Bergman quite touching in it.Posted by David Ehrenstein on 2010-05-29 17:07:57